How to Learn Japanese Kanji (my top tips) + Hiragana & Katakana GenkiJapan.net

[khatpandwa]

Good Video. Best Wishes From Jersey. Channel Islands.

[PhoebeThePanda]

Did learning japanese at first seem very scary to you? I'm trying to teach myself japanese and I'm still only on Hiragana and Katakana. Kanji seems very... intimidating in that you need to learn atleast 1000-1625 symbols in order to read a book/newspaper.

Another question is, is learning Japanese in a year and a half doable for someone who has always had trouble with languages? I'm really determied, but it just seems so scary..

[Katleenfarine]

@PhoebeThePanda ...one a day is the way to go! :D

I did that, and everything is going well! And on the last day of the week, you do a revision of all. And at the end of the month, another revision! :)

there you go! ^^

[animejoao]

hi i have a question, recently i started to try to learn japanese alone, and start browsing about anyone who has any information about how to start learning, what i notice is that almost everybody who learned by themselves thinks that the traditional way to learn a language its just to slow, and there is better methods, i wonder if for me where its important being able to read, hear and talk what method should i use, i really dont care for writing at least for now, do you have any sugestions.

[TheCerberusInferno]

Waow that's so cool man !

[TheDarkestCode]

I already know Chinese and I am taking Japanese next year so I guess it wont be that hard learning kanji:)

[doggybiscuits89]

OMG thank you so much!

[chrstilen5]

I ordered the book befor this video appeared to me... God I feal great ;D

[Schwarzpferd]

ok so I did have the right idea...I was planing on learning in Hiragana and Katakana before even attempting Kanji...good video and thanks for it. However come to think of it, them combining symbols is just like what they do in German. Some of German's words are just combinations of other words..for example the word for Hypocrite is a combination of the words for "Appear" and "Holy." Suicide is literally "self" and "Murder" So it would seem that both are not as hard as they appear..good to know.

[fablan6]

Nice view!

[mikimi101]

You're awesome!

[mikimi101]

Do you guys have kanji? because I already know hiragana and katakana :(

[FrenchChino]

You speak so passionately about Japanese that it makes me want to learn it! Lol, even though i only speak English and French. European languages seem easier for me lol.

[SandraKagona]

so.. big + sheep makes beautiful ahahaha i do adore languages!

[1XXlaura]

Wooo. I have a box at home and i think it has got japanese or chinese writing on it and i've always wondered what it says. So now I can learn japanese to find out. :D

[no1kevlin]

Great vid. Full of enthusiasm!

[a7up1314]

same as chinese.... and exactly same meaning......

[abi355]

I bought the book and I love it! It is helping so much. ありがとう！

[BekaTheAnimeFan14]

I would recommend 'Basic Kanji Book' by Bonjinsha CO. LTD. if you're wanting to learn kanji.

I'm using these books for my degree and I think it's brilliant :]

[ahhhhhron]

thank you! i tried the site you given it was very good. yes lots of kanji doesnt ring a bell like the Big + sheep = Beautiful but its fun still to read it right.

[TomiDFTV]

exactly like chinese characters

[Waterfall714]

I think it's best way to learn. Most of complicated kanji is composed of some simple kanji. for example,

日(day)＋音(sound)＝暗(dark)

日(day)＋寺(temple)＝時(time)

日(day)＋青(blue)＝晴(fine) ...etc

[thelastvampirehunter]

lol I was totally expecting him to say ''If you combine 'Big' + 'Sheep'...you end up with the japanese symbol for... BIG-SHEEP".

[Fizzypop1211]

I like this

I love your enthusiasm

My kids are well into manga and OOOPs

my brain has just boiled over.

[tomtucjr]

Really good, Richard. Appreciate the work you do. One question, do you program your own games or commision somebody to make them for you?

[GenkiJapanNet]

@tomtucjr Been doing them myself but I am thinking of hiring them out to get more done in the same time!

[KiyaClub]

I will never find a video that I CAN SPEAK or WRITE :(

[SolonOO1]

lol big + sheep = Beautiful ROFLMFAO

[G1NZOU]

Awesome video, I'm now picking up where I left off a year ago in my Japanese learning and this site will be a huge help.

Doesn't hurt to have a big paperback Kanji dictionary though, I've got the Kodansha one.

[eloise22chick]

cool

[harrynicholas]

I learned (learnt?) all my japanese from restaurant names. wagamama means 'selfish' and itsu means 'when'. yo sushi means 'hello fish'. We need a few more reataurants before I'll be able to say hello, I'm slightly insolent.

[gyoujirou]

According to one theory,

In ancient China, People sacrificed a sheep to a god.

gradually, "sheep" ended up to stand for "sacrifice"

So, Big/Large sacrifice is beatiful.(大いなる犠牲は美しい)

"美" was made like this.

[BlackAnimeSoul]

okay, i'll allways laugh when i see a sheep now...

a big beautiful sheep *-* määäääääh

[TheArekusandaa]

that is soo good

thanks for the page

[MasterCosgrove]

hey thanks for the tip I just started japanese but I still need to memorize kanji and kano anyway thanks a lot are you perhaps wrote the genki japanese textbook?

[HonestGamer1]

Actually that happened to me in backwards. Sometimes I learn a certain kanji which is a bit complicated and then I learn another kanji which Is made up from the previous one. Sometimes kanji does give you a break. A good example would be the kanji to hear and the kanji for ear. The kanji to hear contains a gate and an ear. Really amazing

[RandomRainbow11]

Big sheep aren't beautiful, THEY'RE KAWAII! Well, I'm not sure about big ones since I've never seen one.

[skategod17412]

is there a main part of the language (katakana,hirigana,kanji)that most ppl use ofe do the use a mix of all three

[darksean99]

That hiragana song is still stuck in my head. I don't think it ever will be gone...

[illlovepierre]

you're awesome!!!

[varstasdp]

THANKS BADLY DUDE YOURE COOL!!!! :)

[TPFInferno]

I am not sure if this is within your knowledge (for it might differ quite for each one), but do you know if Japanese games are written in Kanji, Katakana, or Hiragana? Is it a mixture of all of them?

[GenkiJapanNet]

@TPFInferno It's usually a mixture of all of them, but... some of the ones aimed at young kids have hiragana instead of the kanji for the kanji that the kids haven't learnt at school yet!

[judesama11]

dude, i love you sooo much, and i dont ever say that to guys. i am a preschool teacher in tokyo. so they are EXTRA genki. it ruins me at times, but i remember what you say, to basically keep it fun.  but its i am in the loop of trying to learn japanese quickly. its weird, after 6 months of being around it, you just start speaking it unconciously. but a lot of your things have helped. so thank you. i am going to that sight today bro.

[petjyro]

lol, the combo of sheep and big is mandarin chinese's first character for america o-o rofl X3 mei guo

[gokharol]

he screeeeeeams...

But I like that crazy sounding guy though!

[azda09]

unless you can talk japanese flutently and know both hiragana and katagana , theres no point in learning kanji because it would just be too hard.

[yumetappi]

北(north)＋月(moon)＝背(the back)

親(parents)＋切(cut)＝親切(kindness)

為(for)＋人(person)＝偽(lie)

[stanisgodz]

I just love how helpful you are, I've recommended your website to everyone who ever wanted to learn Japanese, I'm still working on the both Katakana and Hiragana, so I got a while before I step up to Kanji, I'm learning that Japanese is easier to learn, the better you understand both Katakana and Hiragana.. and your website helps so much with that.

[robinjam304]

Big + sheep = beautiful?

Only in japan... XD

Thanks for the links - they look very useful.

[platano214]

cool

[OnlyMusic16]

Thank you so much! Wonderful tips ^_^

[Lolanimationcrew]

Should I learn to speak Japanese before kanji? I know some Japanese and some Kanji... Kanji wa muzukashii...

[xxxaminakxxx]

haha. I love you Richard. you're so bad-ass !!

[xxxaminakxxx]

haha. I love you Richard. you're so badass !!

[ravisindhe]

itz very nice

[YoakeYukai]

So...How do we find the first 100 kanji? I obviously don't know them..I won't be able to recognize them when I see them. Where do I find them?

[GenkiJapanNet]

Just do a quick google search!

[TPFInferno]

@GenkiJapanNet Do you know which type of symbols are used for Japanese games? Is it just Kanji, Katakana, or Hiragana? Is it a mixture of all of those symbols given the right situation?

[GenkiJapanNet]

@TPFInferno You really need all 3 to write Japanese!

[EsperTinaVI]

some games that are geared toward a younger audience, say elementary schoolers, use only kana, like Pokemon for instance. Some games like Final Fantasy VI for the GBA let you choose kana or kanji. Most other games use kanji only. I've seen in the recent Final Fantasy XIII that if there are subtitles then there might be furigana. All games technically use a combination, because Japanese has more than a boat-load of loanwords (katakana) and kana is needed to form sentences (okurigana and particles

[olistubez]

i have just started learning japanese yesterday and have come across Kanji, Hiragana & Katakana. i wondered why are there 3 different sort of alphabets, when is each used and can they be mixed up? real new starter here and any help would be very useful :) cheers :D

[AdamWallisson]

Wow! Amazing! The websit is really helpfull . Thanks Guy (:

[Aryamoony]

cool. Thanks for the sites! And even if I'm italian and you speak very fast I understood almost all you said :) Waaaa I must improve with my japanese if I want to pass the exam :)

[princesachilanga]

Wow!! Really useful. I know japanese but I'm strugling to learn some kanji cause I'm planning to go to Japan & let me tell u this is fantastic!! Thank you very much 4 all your help!! And nice pool ... :)

[bricco30]

すごい。

[dannybrookey]

when did those glasses appear on you face? :P

[otouhime]

haha i can go to my friend and be like, you big sheep! just kidding, darling, its beautiful!

[pumpfever]

I have that kanji book, I think the title is "Kanji de Manga" refering to the title in Spanish, because the autor is spaniard, I find it good for he beginner but I found out a lot of errors.

[LikeWtfItsSarah]

lol, big+sheep=beutiful

[m1ssan]

日(sun) +月 (moon)=明 (bright)

[mazmatyt]

Oh good! Suddenly i remember john lennon sang in the song " julia" about Yoko, "Ocean（洋=you）＋Child（子=ko）calls me......"

[Pequeno1998]

Sheep was the holy offering animal to god in old China.

羊(Sheep)＋大(Big)＝美(Beautiful)

羊(Sheep)＋食(Eat)＝養(Nutrition)

[sijotakane]

Chinese and Korean word 美国 (beautiful ＋ country) is America!

but in Japanese, 米国 (rice ＋ country) = america

[017OinA]

大+羊＝美

！！！

結構意識して書いてないのでこれ見て「覚えるのにはいいかも！」­と思いました^^

それにしても日本語難しいですよね・・・

日本人でさえ難しいと感じますから;

日本語でのコメント失礼しました

[omoshiroidayo]

oh my god, that is such an helpfull tip!!!!! ive never had come to the idea that 美　consists of 羊　and 大(and if you didnt have remarqued, it was ironic)

[akipwd7]

立(stand)＋木(tree)　＋見(look)　＝親(parent)

Standing on the wood, the person who looks at the child. This becomes the meaning, parent.

[defattackers]

米 is kome rice

米国　is beikoku USA

[Leopard02Buster]

馬+鹿=馬鹿

(uma+shika=baka)

horse+deer=fool!!

[msdmkta246tube]

In ancient China, sheep were important livestock.

They thought "Big sheep is good property."

Good thing = beautiful

bi(美） is also read as YOI (means GOOD in Japanese).

For example 美子(yoshiko).

sorry for my bad English.

[Lasseria]

i actually from germany and cant one word japanese but i wanna play a psp japanese game Queens blade i have japanese quick installed and kanji lexicon .can someone give my an advice for learning to read the kenjis or have good program to learn i try hard so pls help me

[WC7495]

Japanese is going to be fun to learn

[xXxWat2K7sonxXx]

Which one you need too learn first and do you have too learn all of them?

[wilhelmmikurin]

美

In Japan,"bi""utsuku(shii)""mi""y­o(i)""uma(i)"

In Korea,"mi"

In China,"mei"

[iwearatshirttoday]

I just have to say that I love your videos! 8D

[renaldothepenguin]

so if japan in what alphabet are the signs written it? most of the time.

[LUKEGUN000]

You have a pool!!!?

[felixthemaster1]

hey richard. i have watched a TON of anime and i picked up a bit of japanese whilst developing my love for japan and japanese stuff. so, i wanted to ask what is the best way to learn just for hobbies free (from the basics) this youtube channel has really helped me. thanks

[felixthemaster1]

no wonder i am so attracted to big sheep!

[laurenOB96]

lol tht actually made me laugh out loud!

^ - ^

[letsbeanime]

I totally agree with your method for learning characters. I learnt my Hiragana by writing them all out 100 times each. It's really the only thing to do to learn a new writing system as you cannot relate it to anything your currently know. I'll be learning my katakana soon by doing the same thing and then taking the Ichinensei kanji syllabus to learn them.

[zace2k9]

So there's 3 ways of writing Japanese? It seems overwhelming.. But they all sound and pronounce it the same?

I hope I get accepted to the distance course (not sure what it is called in English) start learning Japanese this spring, because I find it interesting and hopefully I can use it when I get older.

Also any tips on how to write beautiful? Because I write awful even in English letters..

[dcx666]

大 is "dai" big

美 is "mei" beutiful

and they are Chinese thats for certain...but i think they also Japanese symbols as well...can someone confirm this for me...

[qinyuan464]

@dcx666 kanji are chinese characters.. and yes.. but in chinese 大 is "da"... which is big... and mei is correct.. so if get abit familiar with chinese... it's kinda easy to learn kanji, coz they start to make sense... :]

[nokomarie1963]

美 "Bi" is beauty, grace, charm.

美しい "utsuku(shii)" beautiful, lovely, fine, good-looking; picturesque; sweet (voice); noble, pure.

美人 "bijin" is a beautiful woman

Picture of a beautiful woman could be this 美しい女性の映像 but is also this

美人画 "bijinga".

[toxic446]

Chinese and Japanese have semi similar characters but are still totally different to pronounce. Time to learn to write Kanji!

[caletcalet]

WOW. thanks man!

[zhangxu92]

do you mind say that 大+羊=美 was in chinese? achutally it is chinese.

[MIS0HAPPI]

uhm first of all it's pronounced KAN JI

not can-ji. Learn how to pronounce the words before you make a video..

[GenkiJapanNet]

Err no, that's how you pronounce it, at least in Japan. But lots of people have made this comment, is it taught in a different way in the states?

[judesama11]

@MIS0HAPPI dude, dont be a brick, you know what he was saying.

[spiritbreakerz]

おす！おれの日本語はどうですか？

上手い？それとも弱い？？

[13myjm]

漢字でコメントしたのはスゴイです！

上手い方だと思いますよ（＾＾）

でも「上手い」の反対は「下手」が自然です。

[DoodlesOfLife]

Rofl! This is really helpful ^.^

But the sounds it makes for the letters etc. sounds like the woman off of "My Japanese Coach" DS game. Loooool.

[bobtsukada]

大きい羊はbeautiful？

NO　むしろ　lovely

[poortaiwanese]

thats a bloody beautiful sheep.lol

[XxNajmaxX]

Big + sheep = Beautiful !!! XD

[ZhangMingXuanIsABabe]

haha da + yang = mei

[heitate]

大きい羊は美しいて意味だろ

[ronhee57]

arigato gosaimasu..richard...you are doing a brilliant job teaching japanese in a very fun and lively manner. thank you so much.

[mujahbarruka]

lol @ 1:00 - 1:02

[iAyakoCoolx3]

Big (which DOES look like a dude) + Sheep = SHEEPDUDE

[Angelofzero01]

i want to learn japanese kanji,can you please teach me^^

i can do hiragana and katakana now though

[boxesoa]

確かに、なんで「大」と「羊」を足して「美」になるのか、意味で­は分からないな。

「美」には「美」で語源があるんだよ。「大」や「羊」と同じよう­にね。

[bigstrappa]

Translator?

[AnimalMad2008]

I absolutely love your videos and they have really helped me to learn japanese. You are great!!! :D xxx

[sharara3913]

大＋羊＝美

by Japanese

[BlueSkyWhiteCloudss]

haha omg i laughed so hard when i saw him saying that 大＋羊＝美

[sharara3913]

少しずつ日本語を勉強してペラペラになってください。by Japanese

[superalim]

0.o is kanji similar to mandarin?

[saminanutshell]

@superalim kanji symbols are taken from chinese, so yes, it is very similar.

[Michibiki]

I already read regular manga (in Japanese, of course), because I think it is a better way to learn Japanese. Just my opinion, of course.

[solentforest]

love the enthusiasm ;D

[gundamplus]

thanks for the tips! :D

[jhaphenx030387]

o genki desu ka?

hi,im dhedz and leaving japan but i am not japanese.lol btw thanks for sharing this video its really cool..i can read and write hiragana and katakana but want to learn more about kanji.

domo arigatou neh:)

[narutofan9999]

Microsoft IME supports handwriting recognition. Which makes it pretty useful for learning the strokes if you ask me ;)

And if it's about learning their pronounciation and meaning... try to learn the more simple ones first, and try to relate them by what they look like (i mean, like e.g. with 木 and 森- that doesn't work always, but often enough ;D)

[Guardian016]

When people come to Japan, they MUST buy an electronic dictionary! This wonderful gadget enables us to look up kanji with handwriting. There are usually 100 or more contents in a small B4-sized dictionary, such as Japanese, English, En-Jp/Jp-En dictionary, Jp and En thesaurus, encyclopaedia, etc. The latest models are even in colour! How amazing...

[kamisamanoko]

I would suggest getting authentic japanese manga!!! (With it not translated) Once you learn the hiragana, you can learn some new kanji really fast :) (This is NOT the best way to learn kanji, but it is a wonderful side-way to learn some extra kanji ;) )

[narutofan9999]

or, buying japanese books for children, because they usually have the pronounciation of the kanji written in hiragana.

[Topdoginuk]

Why would someone want to learn this if they've no intention of traveling to Japan or, ever really come across japanese people in their home town of say the UK?

[kunaiespio594]

to understand things like anime, manga, games, and they might have intention of traveling to japan, oh and the uk isnt a town

[ryuga93]

lolz,you'll need it for watching anime and playing japanese games without english translation

[Guardian016]

From the point of Japanese, the reasons would be:

Japan has the 2nd biggest economy in the world

The population of native speakers ranks 9th

Japanese anime and manga are now common

Japanese technology is advanced and there are also interesting inventions

Japan is very different from European countries in many ways (tradition, culture, scenery, etc)

Japanese language itself is unique (isolated language)

A lot of good points are condensed in the small land, having influence in the world.

[keithtreason]

I live in the US and i want to learn!

just a fun little thing to do

I'd ratter learn japanese vs spanish even though I would use spanish ALOT more

[rphinks]

spanish pronunciation of vowel sounds are pretty similar to japanese. if you have started spanish then you have a head start on japanese already :)

[1DeepThinker]

eh??? really?? I speak Spanish and I never noticed that....

[NokturnalDementia]

Thanks for the wonderful tips! I'm just starting my journey into Hiragana and Katakana with Human Japanese on my iPhone (*wonderful app*) and the Kanji part seems daunting but one step at a time. I can see why learning the basic grammar and structure of Japanese with kana is so important to do first. (Plus knowing a little history of the language and how it evolved also helps you understand why it is the way it is!)

[lonesnipe]

haha i am currently using manga uni for my manga drawing and i noticed that in there last update

[IDontCareSoSTFU]

Good method.

But that aside, when writing out the first 100 kanji (or any kanji for studying) do you pronouce it too? Because theres a lot of different pronouciations right? Then theres the on and kun thing. So I was wondering how you go about it. Just write it out?

[GenkiJapanNet]

Good question! Luckily for most of the first 100 they are mostly really common words that, usually, have one reading that is most popular. Later on it does get tricky to decide which "pronunciation" to use, which is the main reason it's tough and the main reason even adults here can't read the whole of a newspaper! But in the beginning, don't worry about it!

[monkeystu52]

Hi richard (or anyone)

these different alphabets are for the same language is that right? the language is the same, only written in different alphabets?

appreciate any help with this answer

thanks

[GenkiJapanNet]

Yes.

It's sort of like in English we have abcdefghijkl and ABCDEFGHIJKL,

Same language, different way of writing it.

[monkeystu52]

ah thank goodness! - there is hope afterall for me.

Thank you very much for getting back to me.

[MinakoMadison]

why does he keep saying " can g". Its really annoying lol

[GenkiJapanNet]

Because that's how you pronounce it!

[bubblerei]

You great. :3

[ZombieFan30]

In the beginning of your video you mentioned about learning the kana. Well, the site you told us about for Kanji de manga also has a book called kana de manga which teaches you the 46 letters each of hiragana and katakana. I bought myself a copy and I love it, it's really good.

[123tekken321]

Lol's i need to learn to speak....

I already know hirigana well but i should have focussed more on speaking because i only know things like hello and how are you and stuff....

Just a quick question, Do the Kanji in Japanese mean the same thing in chinese or is pronounced the same in chinese? (Or have any relation at all)

[NanosoftRussia]

Cool You Can Really Learn Japanese.

[SakuraLoverYay]

Im confused.....Is Kanji the same thing as the other two?....I just want to learn the most common.... Please help me D: I want to learn japanese, so which is the easiest one of the three too learn???

[Kellywa76]

You should learn all three, but start with hiragana. Then do katakana, and once you've got those down you can move into kanji. All three are used and important in written japanese. Ganbare!

[saminanutshell]

@sakuraloveryay you need to learn all 3, starting with Hiragana because it is the one that is used when the other 2 can't be. After Hiragana learn Katakana, then Kanji. If you only learn one you'll have a lot of trouble reading modern japanese, because they use all 3 in the same sentence.

[AngelWingx3]

I have a question! How much do you need to be able to speak before you try to write because I am doing both at once (self-tutoring)

[ironkatana3]

well when i talk to japanese ppl in japanese i speak in romaji or hiragana and i dont ever hve to speak in kanji for them :)

[saminanutshell]

@ironkatana3 yes but if you don't know any kanji you won't be able to read most japanese.

[Bambooified]

thank you very much for these videos

[foliage4]

Big + Sheep = Beautiful

[pugbaniet]

and need tips on where to learn to SPEAK japanese

[pugbaniet]

its good to kno you should learn to speak first but do you have any recomenndations (ha ha sorry i cant even spell in english) for learning to speak????? plz post another video or reply i really need your help.

[Konaruhi]

I'm having problems learning japanese, and I have a questions too: Should I start learning how to speak japanese BEFORE I start learning how to write in japanese? Do I need to know Kanji, Hiragana AND Katakana (or just 1)?

Man, I'll never learn japanese....I've been trying for YEARS and I only know A FEW words (ex: Hello, Goodbye) and A FEW Hiragana but that's it....maybe I should just quit now....

*sigh*

/__ __\ ^

[GenkiJapanNet]

Yes, always learn to speak first, that will make a big, big difference for you!

[xxxschwarzxengelxxx]

ooops! so have i made a mistake as first what ive done when i decided to learn japanese was to learn kana alphabets then simple words and how to write them. should i have started with just sayin them??? ohhh.... but anyway its such a cool language and sooner or later i will be perfect in that ^^'

[YuRiPafraek]

i learn everything together ^^ i learn some characters then some words and phrases. i don't really learn it in steps ^^

[paulsky1]

i dont know much either man but i do knowthat you shouldnt give in, if you want something all you have to do is keep going and trying your goal is there ... just keep trying

[Fusselbomber]

i like your voice

[spleenbreaker09]

i've got that book but i recomend to get big squared paper to write on.

[Brian2z2]

when i said manga i ment anime =], i dont wanna learn how to spell and stuff, just listen, so if u could jus tell me a good way to learn that, tell me please =]

[Brian2z2]

what can i do if i just wanna be able to understand what someone is saying? :D, like in manga's i could just listen.

[Kelenius]

It took me 3 hours to learn read hiragana and katakana.

I still have problems when I try to write with them but I quess it get's better after I've spent two more evenings on writing.

The amount of kanjis is a bit of motivation killer for me. I only know numbers and few other basic ones.

Atleast I can now see words when I read eventhought I understand next to nothing of it.

[afrfah]

same here though i have learned hiragana very well i still have trouble with katakana but a great thanks to genki japan for recommending kanji de manga it was really helpful

[himerobine]

Good Idea ^___^

Go Onnnn

[donturnbak09]

so in order to learn japanese you hvae to learn all characters of Kanji, Hiragana, or Katakana first? wat follows that?

[GenkiJapanNet]

Once you've done all that? Genius status!

But you don't do all those first. First you learn to speak, then once you can speak fairly well you start to read and write.

[DrifterVampirique]

Strong sheep are beautiful lol

I find this funny because I actually have the Kanji de manga book sitting in my room that my grandma bought me the Christmas before last XD

[packetpirate]

CANji? Sorry, but I don't think I'll be taking my tips from someone who can't even pronounce the words right...

[GenkiJapanNet]

Errr, and how good is your Japanese?

[packetpirate]

私の日本語はいいです。。。

なんで？

[GenkiJapanNet]

もう少し練習したらいいと思うよ！

He's just